Use Flowers To Show Your Feelings
Dating back to historical times, flowers have been used as a gesture of kindness. We usually present them to those we love and care for. We gift flowers to let them find out how special they are, to show admiration, to celebrate an occasion, or even to sympathize. What we don’t know is that sending certain kinds of flowers, and even their colors, actually have definitions of their own.
Floriography – the unique language of flowers
During medieval and Renaissance times, flowers were often given moral meanings. This can be widely seen in art where saints are often presented with flowers that represent or symbolize their virtues. “Some of the Christian symbols for Virginity or Chastity are the white rose, the myrtle, a vessel or vase, the lily, and the unicorn,” says Liana DeGirolami Cheney in an edition of Sixteenth Century Journal.
Back in Victorian times, flowers were used initially to create or add emotion. The language of flowers, often referred to as floriography, began being used as a discreet form of communication. In the’th century, sending messages in code using flowers became popular. Based on a Turkish secret language of flowers, known as Persian Salaam, a coded flower arrangement could be sent to show feelings of attraction or even love.
Back in’19, a book entirely about meanings of flowers called “Le Language des Fleurs,” was written by Madame Charlotte de la Tour. Another was written in’84, titled “Language of Flowers” by Kate Greenaway, and it is still being used nowadays.
Japan also has a language of flowers, which they call “Hanakotoba.” Greeting cards in Japan use the Hanakotoba code, and still use the flower-language in popular culture such as in movies and animation, like the anime show “Wei Kreuz.”
Favorite Flower Meanings
Purchase or borrow a flower dictionary to see the various interpretations and meanings of flowers. Some of the most well-known flowers and their meanings are written below:
* Buttercup – riches * Pink carnations – a woman’s love * Chrysanthemum – love in general * Forget-me-not – true love * Lavender – devotion, distrust * Purple lilac – first emotion of love * White lily – purity * Peach blossom- long-life * Red rose – true love * Sunflower – pure and noble thoughts * Yellow tulip – hopeless love
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